CraigBaker
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Hello all.
I'm Craig. I'm in Adelaide, Australia so I might be in here at different times to most people. We find that most international events are at awkward times for us.
I inherited a partially implemented Access system about six months ago, and I'm starting to get on top of things. I've been googling all over the place, and I'm now pretty sure that the best information I get is from this site. I want to read in detail many of the excellent posts I've seen.
I suspect I'll be busy reading until I get a bit more knowledge, but I might join the odd conversation. Already, my reading has shown me that the site is supposedly more about "hobbyist" users, or "power users". That is not the impression I have gotten, and now that I'm looking in more detail, I still think this looks like a top notch site. Modesty is a highly under rated trait, so I'll just put that as another tick for the site.
I have 20 or so years experience in software development, with minor exposure to Access, and an average to higher than average knowledge of SQL and relational database systems. The main challenge so far is putting it all together in the front of my mind, while also coming to grips with the existing system. It was written by a manager (power user?) who left the company a month or two after they started using it, and I'm discovering that it was never really tested. Overall, it is quite well written, but there are parts that just don't work at all, as you can imagine for something that had virtually no testing. I've never worked at this company before, so I'm also trying to understand the culture.
It's been very enjoyable so far, but I'm impatient by nature, so I want to make better progress!
I'm sure this site will help me surge ahead, even if I don't trouble you with direct questions.
Thanks in advance,
Craig
I'm Craig. I'm in Adelaide, Australia so I might be in here at different times to most people. We find that most international events are at awkward times for us.
I inherited a partially implemented Access system about six months ago, and I'm starting to get on top of things. I've been googling all over the place, and I'm now pretty sure that the best information I get is from this site. I want to read in detail many of the excellent posts I've seen.
I suspect I'll be busy reading until I get a bit more knowledge, but I might join the odd conversation. Already, my reading has shown me that the site is supposedly more about "hobbyist" users, or "power users". That is not the impression I have gotten, and now that I'm looking in more detail, I still think this looks like a top notch site. Modesty is a highly under rated trait, so I'll just put that as another tick for the site.
I have 20 or so years experience in software development, with minor exposure to Access, and an average to higher than average knowledge of SQL and relational database systems. The main challenge so far is putting it all together in the front of my mind, while also coming to grips with the existing system. It was written by a manager (power user?) who left the company a month or two after they started using it, and I'm discovering that it was never really tested. Overall, it is quite well written, but there are parts that just don't work at all, as you can imagine for something that had virtually no testing. I've never worked at this company before, so I'm also trying to understand the culture.
It's been very enjoyable so far, but I'm impatient by nature, so I want to make better progress!
I'm sure this site will help me surge ahead, even if I don't trouble you with direct questions.
Thanks in advance,
Craig